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Is it licence or license?

 

cf. advise, advice.

 

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:23:26 -0000, "dwb" <>
bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the lines
of:

heh. c in UK English and s in Merkin English.

Same as defence and defense, for example.

I know I'm right, 'cos Larousse sez so.

 

From Wordweb:
Licence:
noun: Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or
practices (especially in behavior or speech)

verb: Authorize officially

License
Noun: A legal document giving official permission to do something
Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or
practices (especially in behavior or speech)

Verb: Authorize officially

So, in the context you were using in the other thread: the DVLA can
licenCe or licenSe you by issuing a licenSe.

Although, the bit of plastic I have in my pocket has LicenCe written on
it.

Check with the full online OED gives:

Licence is the noun & verb
License is an alternative for the verb.

Looks like the DVLA goes with the OED.

 

You're looking up word definitions in a cookery book?

This could be where you're going wrong Cab.

 

What does cf mean again?

Anyway, advise and advice is fairly obvious isn't it?

I advise you do something.
But I give you advice...

 

That's the problem with online dictionaries - a lot of them are american...

Ie English spelling...

 

Actually, the software dictionary I have on the PC. Larousse could be
wrong.

Here's the page for Licence
---
licence Br, license Am
n
1. [permit] permis m
[for marriage] certificat m de publication des bans
[for trade, bar] licence f
[for TV, radio] redevance f
[for pilot] brevet m
[for driver] permis m (de conduire)
do you have a TV licence? avez-vous payé la redevance (télé)?
a licence to sell alcoholic drinks une licence de débit de boissons
2. ADMIN & COMM [permission] licence f, autorisation f
to manufacture sthg under licence fabriquer qqch sous licence
to marry by special licence » se marier sans publication de bans
a licence to print money fig: that job's a licence to print money! ce
travail est une sinécure!
3. [liberty] licence f, liberté f
the biographer has allowed himself a certain licence in his
interpretation le biographe s'est permis certaines libertés
d'interprétation
artistic licence licence artistique
4. [immoral behaviour] licence f, débordements mpl
sexual licence débordements sexuels
---

For license

---
license
à n
Am = licence
à vt
1. ADMIN & COMM [premises, trader] accorder une licence OR une
autorisation à
licensed to practise medicine habilité à exercer la médecine
to license a car immatriculer une voiture
is this vehicle licensed? Br ce véhicule est-il immatriculé?
2. [allow]: to license sb to do sthg autoriser qqn à faire qqch,
permettre à qqn de faire qqch
---

<fx: Des>

That'll be a surprise

</D>

 

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:06:51 -0000, "dwb" <>
bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the lines
of:

Heh, I used a French/English dictionary.

 

I was told 'compare'

as in?

I license you to do something.
But I give you a licence...

also works with
I licence you to do something

 

Precisely. And if you can remember the reference, licence/license
becomes equally obvious. Hence my suggestion.

Exactly. so...

Even the commie gets it.

 

So near and yet so far.